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contents Campus student platform21 Do it the easy way

Be wise & have fun22 Birdplace 50s / Bag light SOI 10 awesome things to do alone Quote from Valentina Tereshkova Oco home monitoring camera

programs at aIu23 Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

About us aIu: Who we are25 General information Accreditation The AIU difference Mission & Vision Organizational Structure26 School of Business and Economics School of Science and Engineering27 School of Social and Human Studies Online Library Resources28 Education on the 21st century AIU service

In touch aIu News 4 notes 5 Graduates of the month

student space 7 Testimonials 8 Essay by Rodrick Sakamba10 Interview with Sonja Kickmaier 11 Learn to learn

Learning Education + culture14 Kitchen Garden Project / never alone

science + Technology15 new particle/ Kite, the new repelant

art + Design16 Sculptural eyewear / Why design?

Body + mind + spirit17 Live near trees/ Prozac in the yogurt aisle / Pranayama: Bellows breath

Environment18 Solar wind / Mi Teleférico

Human + animal Rights19 Spread the warmth / Don’t buy, adopt

From: Emmanuel MusondaSent: May 16, 2015To: AIU MagazineSubject: Contribution

Studying online has given me chance to divide time

for my organization works, time for my family, and also time to read and write assign-ments. I’m looking forward to complete my Bachelors inDevelopment Studies so that I can continue helping the com-munities in fostering develop-ment in Mpika of Muchinga Province (zambia) and also the nation at large.

From: Idris O. KamaraSent: May 16, 2015To: AIU MagazineSubject: Campus Mundi

Thank you so much for making me part of Campus Mundi. I am

very much impressed with all publications and the latest information about the current events at AIU especially the graduations which have been taking place in the institution. I am also working towards mine.

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July 12, 2015. Fredy Mauricio López Romero, graduate of AIU’s Bachelor of Science in Psychology program has been working as a Psychologist, has been a volunteer and is the founder of the Psychology Department at the Regional Hospital in Honduras.

He also completed a Master of Arts in Leadership Train-ing at Mid-America Christian University. Currently he is

undertaking a Masters in Edu-cation at European Atlantic University. He is a professor at two Universities: Universi-dad Tecnológica de Honduras (UTH) and Universidad Ped-agógica nacional Francisco Morazán

Lastly, he states “All these ac-complishments wouldn’t have been possible without Atlantic International University. you are a blessing in my life.”

June 21, 2015. AIU wants to congratulate one of our graduates, Michael Olu-wadare Idowu for his recent success.

Michael wrote his work on: “Short-Term Funding”, which he developed during

his studies at AIU and it has been published as an e-book through Grin Publishing.

Michael completed a

Doctorate program in Ac-counting and Finance at At-lantic International University.

FIND MoRE NEwS FRoM AIU FAMILyLatest News: aiu.edu/news/original/index.html

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June - August, 2015. These graduate students completed the majority of the requirements to obtain honors, which included a 4.0 GPA, published works, recommendation from their advi-sor, patent a product, etc. Congratulations to all of them!

Ruchir GaurMaster of Science

in Civil EngineeringCUM LAUDE

Kone / Tago HaouaDoctor of Education

in Educational AdministrationCUM LAUDE

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Read his work here: www.grin.com/en/e-book/301384/short-term-funding-an-effective-device-to-aid-business-profitability

Jorge N. Quispe ChuquimantariMaster of Human Resources

in Human ResourcesCUM LAUDE

Just like AIU, many other insti-tutes confer three levels of Latin honors, as follows:• Cum laude. Means “with

praise” or “with honor”• Magna cum laude. Means

“with great honor”• Summa cum laude. Means

“with highest honor”

Latin Honors

Jan Peter Kluckhohn FinaBachelor of economics

Strategic Planning and entrePreneurShiPcolomBia

Juan Manuel Amado Martinezmaster of clinical Psychology

clinical PSychologycolomBia

Juan Manuel Amado MartinezDoctor of clinical neuroPsychology

clinical neuroPSychologycolomBia

Julián Alberto Bucheli HurtadoDoctor of PhilosoPhyeconomic develoPment

colomBia

Julio César Arboleda Apariciomaster of eDucation

Pedagogy and educationcolomBia

Leidy Johanna Montilla ReyesBachelor of Business management

Strategic marketing and entrePreneurShiPcolomBia

Omar de Jesús Montilla GalvisBachelor of Business management

Public managementcolomBia

Patricia Gómez CárdenasBachelor of artsengliSh language

colomBia

Pedro Nel Rodríguez PinzónBachelor of Business aDministration

buSineSS adminiStrationcolomBia

Rodolfo Izquierdo PerezBachelor of scienceinformation SyStemS

colomBia

Teofilo Cuesta-BorjaDoctor of PhilosoPhyregional develoPment

colomBia

Bernardo Sención PérezDoctor of PhilosoPhy

SociologyDominican rePuBlic

Elva D. Herrera MedranoBachelor of clinical Psychology

clinical PSychologyDominican rePuBlic

Pura Hernandezmaster of corPorate finance

financeDominican rePuBlic

Manuel M. Auz ReyesBachelor of Business aDministration

buSineSS adminiStrationecuaDor

Salma K. Soto Seminariomaster of science

occuPational Safety and healthecuaDor

Raúl Armando Menjivar MarineroBachelor of science

architectureel salvaDor

Matusalén-Oburu Ondo PendaDoctor of legal sciences

conStitutional legal StudieSequatorial guinea

Patricio Tobachi MeñéBachelor of Project management

Project managementequatorial guinea

Elvis Paul Nfor TangemDoctor of PhilosoPhy

buSineSS adminiStrationethioPia

Victoria Sam-AmadiDoctor of sciencecivil engineering

georgia

Mohammed-Muniru Abdulaimaster of sciencehuman nutrition

ghana

José Samuel Monterroso MoscosoDoctor of Business aDministration

Strategic Planningguatemala

Juan David Correa VelasquezBachelor of science

mechanical engineeringguatemala

Noé Ezequiel Hernández VásquezBachelor of science

civil engineeringguatemala

Marcelo Alejandro Alvarez MoscosoBachelor of Business aDministration

buSineSS adminiStrationBolivia

Simone Maganhotto Zittamaster of science

auditory-verbal theraPyBrazil

Alejandra Lopez Librerosmaster of science

international buSineSScolomBia

Héctor García LópezDoctor of PhilosoPhy

educationcolomBia

Ivanoba Pardo HerreraDoctor of PuBlic health

Public healthcolomBia

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Moreno da Costa MonteiroBachelor of Business aDministration

buSineSS adminiStrationangola

Andrea del Valle GonzálezBachelor of eDucational Psychology

educationargentina

Olga Beatriz EstaniDoctor of eDucation

educationargentina

Vicente Humberto Monteverde GarceaDoctor of PhilosoPhy

economicSargentina

Raed El-DejanyDoctor of Business aDministration

marketing ServiceSaustralia

of the monthof the monthGraduates Graduates

This month we have graduates from: Angola · Argentina · Australia · Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Ethiopia · Georgia · Ghana · Guatemala ·

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Edwin Giovanni Underwood FuentesDoctor of Business aDministration

buSineSS adminiStrationnicaragua

Anna Sini TitsiBachelor of Business aDministration

buSineSS adminiStrationnigeria

Babatunde Abayomi AdejobiBachelor of science

managementnigeria

Felix Menoserunye Mpimaster of science

Petroleum engineeringnigeria

Michael Kiniovo OrodeDoctor of PhilosoPhyProject management

nigeria

Sardar Fayyaz Ul HassanDoctor of PhilosoPhy

language and linguiSticSPakistan

Jeny Bendezú PradoBachelor of science

PSychologyPeru

Jorge Nicolas Quispe Chuquimantari master of human resources

human reSourceSPeru

Mathius Alberto Marangunich RachumiBachelor of communications

communicationSPeru

Reynaldo Melquiades Reyes RoqueDoctor of PhilosoPhy

civil engineeringPeru

Souleiman Suheil HalaouiBachelor of science

human reSourceS managementPhiliPPines

Etnairis Ribera SantosDoctor of PhilosoPhy

hiSPanic literaturePuerto rico

Jose Juan Cotto RiveraBachelor of science

entomologyPuerto rico

Lana Azhari Osman Obaidallamaster of science

chemiStryqatar

Muhammad Saleem KhanDoctor of PhilosoPhy

language and linguiSticSsauDi araBia

Gerard Amirian BasiriDoctor of science

information technologysPain

Oriol Vidal MontijanoBachelor of science

mechanical engineeringsPain

Rehema Constance N. BattiDoctor of PhilosoPhyProject management

tanzania

Miqueas VirgileBachelor of science

information technologyusa

Oswaldo Baldemar Duran GarciaBachelor of science

induStrial engineeringusa

Sandra Yanuby FallonBachelor of arts

literature and languageSusa

Wilder Alexander Cano ZuluagaBachelor of communications

Social communication and journaliSmusa

Protas O. OmondiDoctor of PuBlic health

health adminiStrationvanuatu

Mwape Chikonkolo MwewaBachelor of sciencerenewable energy

zamBia

Victor KakoleBachelor of sciencemining engineering

zamBia

Evelyn MwayeraDoctor of eDucation

educationzimBaBwe

Mathias SitholeDoctor of Physics eDucation

PhySicS educationzimBaBwe

Patience BenzaBachelor of Business aDministration

buSineSS managementzimBaBwe

Wellington Garikai BongaDoctor of PhilosoPhy

economicSzimBaBwe

Frank Clemence MadziBachelor of science

civil engineeringmalawi

Jorge Alberto Moreno PeñaDoctor of PhilosoPhy

SuStainable develoPmentméxico

Maria Antonieta Cavazos ArroyoDoctor of PhilosoPhy

human and organizational develoPmentméxico

Ebong Effiong AkpabioDoctor of PhilosoPhy

Public healthnamiBia

Gabriel Keafas Wimmerthmaster of science

Petroleum engineeringnamiBia

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Ana Nollyn Ruiz FloresBachelor of human resources

human reSourceShonDuras

Augusto Palacio GomezDoctor of holistic nutrition

holiStic nutritionitaly

Francis M. Michael NdivoDoctor of PhilosoPhy

environmental Science and Public healthkenya

Choulaphone SayaseneDoctor of science

develoPment StudieSlaos

Clementine C. Wakumelo Mazeko MutetoBachelor of Business aDministration

buSineSS adminiStrationmalawi

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Honduras · Italy · Kenya · Laos · Malawi · México · Namibia · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Pakistan · Peru · Philippines · Puerto Rico · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Spain · Tanzania · United States · Vanuatu · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Congratulations!AIU

First of all, AIU whole study curriculum is online. Online you can submit your assign-ments and resolve the prob-lems. AIU staff and course ad-visor are very good and they reply all the questions very easily and quick. AIU online login portal is very good. you can access your study related all academic information, question, comments, feed-backs, assignment, progress and document details. The main advantage this AIU program has been that the university has come to my place instead of me going to the university. This has saved me time and money. AIU has huge library system to find your study related mate-rial to successfully complete your educational program. Most of the important things is Turnitin validate portal, which one give you the good quality of your own thoughts to complete your assignment

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Winstone ChangweMasters in Public Health April 18, 2015

“I ‘ve had a wonderful time with AIU. I was supported

by my tutors and advisors at the school from the word go till I completed my program. I like the philosophy of empow-ering students with coming up with their own curriculum and the emphasis on submit-ting monthly assignments and payments. My graduation was planned for December 2015, however because of the mar-velous support from the insti-tution; I managed to complete my program eight months before schedule. Thanks to my tutors and my advisors and the entire AIU team. I am cur-rently working as a Provincial Public Health Officer and by completing my Public Health program; I will definitely enjoy my work and looking forward to a brighter future. I wish I could have my degree as soon as possible.

Thank you,

program. Some time its make me nervous to validate my assignment because it give me challenge to improve my assignments. AIU has good policy about payments plan.

It is mind blow-ing because mostly college has policy to deposit your all fee at first time or eighty percent but has good policy to deposit you fee at monthly base.

Honestly I can’t afford all of payment at one time but AIU has made it possible for me to complete my study.

Thanks to Atlantic Inter-national University (AIU) has made it possible for me to re-gain my future plan, studying online while still working, that does not disturb me from any other activity of my life, seen that aspect of education now you must prepare yourself to spend a lot of money for your education, but I am happy with my present condition AIU is ready to help me achieve my goals by giving me chance to develop my future and to have better work at the end of my graduation. I am very thankful for AIU academic support and my academic advisor support-ing me during my time in the program.

Muhammad Saleem KhanDoctorate in Education June 21, 2015

“AIU came at times when I badly needed a uni-

versity where I could complete my doctoral degree and future plans while looking after my family and job simultaneously.

Today, I am happy to see my dream came true because of AIU’s existence and wish of Allah Almighty. It’s also due to the teaching faculty and ad-ministrative staff at AIU who are extraordinarily helpful, supportive and polite.

I had wonderful ex-perience of research studies, cooperation, coordination and col-laboration at AIU.

AIU is an entity which is spreading peace and tran-quility in the world through educational endeavors and it has succeeded in it up to great extent.

Ubia UwemhansonBachelor in Mechanical Engineering March 22, 2015

“It is my pleasure to write this letter to Atlantic In-

ternational University (AIU), to state my experience at AIU. After the completion my mast diploma I wanted to pursue my bachelor degree, but since I took my job it was difficult to work and attend the studies classes at the same time. I did contact lots of Universi-ties and college but all went in vain, either I had to do the job or higher study. I tried to search part time bachelor degree study but here also nothing worked out for me.

One day while I was looking for Distance bachelor Educa-tion College and Universi-ties, luckily, I found AIU and decided to enroll here.

When I joined the AIU, I realized I had made the right choice. Particularly, I was stimulated very much with the Phase I of the program, which was mainly focused on back-ground information of the prospective candidate.

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Leadership in Project Management

Introduction Xiong et. al (2008) affirms

that effectiveness and efficien-cy should be integrated into the project leadership skills if any private or public company has to be successful in the day to day operations. However, this overview makes available a comprehensible thought-ful on how effective leader-ship skills can be integrated into the project management, predominantly in the private sector. Project management fosters on planning, orga-nizing and leading.

Leading includes co-ordinating, directing and motivating in order to finish a particular one time task. Furthermore, the connection between project management and project leadership set the paradigm of the success-ful projects and spell out the

leadership styles of good project leaders. Thus, leader-ship is dynamic and not static. Leadership is narrower than management. Leadership focuses on change and not policy. Additionally, project leaders should be innovative and see what other managers cannot see. Although, leaders are born; project managers can be trained into leader-ship. Therefore, companies that embrace leadership skills are globally successive and attain cost benefits in vari-ous projects while companies that are not able to integrate its project managers into the leadership skills bare high risk of failures and accumulate a lot of losses within their spe-cific projects. More than 70% private companies headed for failure in 1991 when the sec-ond president of zambia Dr.

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specializations. Employees definitely become effective leaders and become more efficient in the day to day project operations. They will be able to out fight competi-tors and reinvent new services and products. Depending on the project situations project leaders will be able to apply contingency approach in order to attain organizational goals. Thus, they will automatically become entrepreneurs or in-novative, team prayers, risk takers, motivators and focus on change. They will be able to perceive what other execu-tive directors cannot perceive. Good project leaders are able to set accurate paradigms in an organization such as Chreso University is one the most successful Christian University in zambia. It has trained its members in various skills, in-deed Chreso University is the open system ready to adapt to any new technology. Although the institution is young our management has been suc-cessful because our emphasis is on leadership development such as formal training, coach-ing, and career advancement and enhances team work.

The findings suggested that leaders gain authority mainly from their personality strengths. Thus, personal traits in leadership skills themselves cannot be acquired by train-ing, but they can only be mod-ified by training and experi-ence. However, other private universities in zambia headed for failure in their projects because they could not effec-tively outline the importance of good governance in project management and furthermore they could not effectively implement the total quality management (TQM) aspect and main features of good governance such as equity/fairness, accountability, rule of raw, social responsibility and transparency in their project management. Governance is the course of action of deci-sions making and implemen-tation (Sakamba, 2013).

ConclusionProjects managers must

identify the factors that af-fect project management and make quick decisions. Decision making includes non

programmed decisions making and management decision making. Thus, if project man-agers possess leadership skills will effectively apply personal decision making or non-pro-grammed decisions making without difficulties in their endeavours projects activities.

Some of these tools of non-programmed decision making are decision tree and force field models. However, management decisions making have less implication in the executing of project activities because they are applied in accordance with the laid down policies of an organization.

Fredrick Chiluba embarked on liberalise of economy. Although we had qualified managers but they could not quickly foresee and handle the pleasure of foreign products and services that were coming from developed countries. zambian local products were inferior in terms of quality and therefore they could not com-petitive favourably on the free market. Leadership skills play a major role in manager’s day to day operations because they can see what other executive directors cannot see.

Up to now zambia is living in the Chiluba’s error. Only fewer zambian manufacturing companies are strangling and initiating change in the free market (Sakamba, 2015).

Leadership skills must exist at every level of manage-ment or department in order to enhance project corporate governance and strategy. Turning any company into the learning organizational enhances leadership skills and styles. Learning organization aspect enables project manag-ers to acquire new skills and Publications by Students: aiu.edu/StudentPublication.html

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Study is not an easy walkSonja, tell us about this edu-cational experience. How has the learning process based in Andragogy impacted your life professionally and personally?

As I have decided to earn degree at AIU –I know the American way of study. It is

quite different to Austrian and other European countries.

So therefore also my experience was on a high level. It was strongly asked for discipline as well as time and work management. The impact which I got, and by the way always get, is a very high scientific understanding. Re-specting all requirements took me to become a severe and specially performed person.

Academically speaking, tell us the level of AIU as com-pared to other Universities.

AIU has a high quality level and is much respected in other universities. not only the fact of English speaking and writing, but also the structure and requirements are more specialized than in all other universities in Europe.

“Learn if you want –if not, do not go to AIU!”

To me it was especially important being respected and having assistance all the time –if you really want to learn.

Self-service and discipline is very much important. High standing level is reached on discipline as well as respect on a scientific approach.

was it easy for you to do your program by yourself?

yes, for me it was easy. I am used to learn by myself.

How is your AIU Degree helping in your professional career?

AIU Degree has been essen-tial for my professional career. I am responsible for clinical studies –therefore a degree is helpful because you have learned to discuss critically and you are looking forward to scientific use.

Have you been able to help your community?

yes, of course!

Tell us about your actual job and how has the knowledge that you have gained at At-lantic International Univer-sity helped you.

I am responsible for manag-ing clinical study at Medical University in Vienna. I take care of new chemotherapy regimens tested by phase I-IV at patients. Treatment controlling, documentation a safety management is also my task as well as hearing contracts and business facts like recruitment, skills and

clinical management. next month I will start as a clinical representative to find miss-ing links between clinical management and business. To discuss protocols also belongs to my business.

what achievements have you

obtained after completing this program?

I have published some articles, performed some pre-sentations and got the position of university assistant.

next month I will start as a business representative be-tween clinic and industry.

Interview with Sonja Kickmaier, AIU graduate

sonja Kickmaier is a graduate from Austria. She has already completed

both a Master of Science (Clinical Studies) and a Doctorate of Health Care Administration.

Currently, she is a Private Docent and a Manager for Clinical

Studies.

AIU brings you to a high level of education! But you should know –AIU expects that you work harder than other univer-sities. Study is not an easy walk but a hard and consequent way of getting a degree. After you have got yours, you will be well educated and more qualified than other students. You will be diligent and disci-plined. You will understand in a scientific way, because you will learn to learn. AIU expects you not only to learn but to understand and thus be cor-rect in all your decisions. If you get your degree you will have a feeling of being especial, and also you will know you have a high level education. Because of that, you will be respected and you will respect others.

Advice for AIU students

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They tell us to look for new teaching models, new learning models, that knowledge becomes obsolete in five years,

that universities are not graduating professionals that com-panies need, that everyday job sources are available for less human beings, that we have to be entrepreneurial and create our source of income and a number of changes that listening

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to create great stress in us. What to do? What we have to do is “learn to learn”.

Learn to learn is a concept used in a work product of a report that was made nearly 20 years ago for UnESCO (United nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Or-ganization) and having the current situation of the world society, it seems we have not learned much from it.

The work is the Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the XXI Century. The Commission met from 1993 to 1996 in different countries

and by eight times, making the final report in new Delhi, India in January 1996.

“Learn to know involves, first, learning to learn, exer-cising attention, memory and thinking.” Delors (2000, p. 93).

We are told that we must “learn to learn”, but in prac-tice what we have to do to live in today’s society and achieve a life that is satisfactory to us, a life in which we can develop

our potential and feel full?If we were students this

means that the knowledge have to be looked for in a different way as memorizing concepts: I have to learn to look for information, to sub-mit a correct report of it and apply knowledge in solving something. Today, the in-formation is sought digitally and we must know where to find the one that is true and correct. With these features you can find it on web pages from nearly all scientists, in the pages of universities and national libraries in many countries. An example in Spanish of a researcher page: http://prof.usb.ve/miguelm/articulos.html, this is the page of Miguel Martinez Miguéles. The following in English is from F. Capra: http://www.fritjofcapra.net/. There are also scien-tific journals such as http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/

To submit an investiga-tion report if we don’t know a quote from author’s work will constitute plagiarism, so we must know proper cite meth-ods and choose the one that seems most comfortable for us. Where I look; like the pre-vious, on a website of a uni-versity. A well-known quoting model is APA (The American Psychological Association); an example is http://www.areci-bo.inter.edu/reserva/tsocial/apa_6_ed.pdf. An example in English is http://library.uws.edu.au/uws_library/sites/de-fault/files/cite_APA.pdf

If I work; what should I do to “learn to learn”? The society we live in has by trade a global industry so there are concepts that changed. ¿Do I know the difference between a company of this society and the previous model? ¿Do I know what they mean for authority, power, knowledge and intangible resources?

Power is not given by the

job; it is given by knowledge and the way we have of us-ing it. Today a company has intangible resources as what an employee learns for the growth of the company where he works.

Today we work to produce and given the speed of com-munication and the voracious market, companies cannot lose funding.

Therefore I have to ques-tion what I want to do in a company and how I will integrate myself in this form of production.

We also have digital education; how I will digitally literate myself and be able to communicate in the languag-es for trade e.g. English.

nobody explains to us what “learn to learn” means and to do so throughout life. Here’s a small path; be sure to fol-low and surely you will have good results. Let’s “LEARN TO LEARN” and “LEARN THROUGHOUT LIFE”.

BIBLIOGRAPHy. APA, Referencing (2015). Retrieved from http://library.uws.edu.au/uws_library/sites/default/files/cite_APA.pdfAPA, Referencing, Spanish. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.arecibo.inter.edu/reserva/tsocial/apa_6_ed.pdfCapra, F. (2015). Homepage. Retrieved from http://www.fritjofcapra.net/ Delors, J. (2000). La Educación Encierra Un Tesoro.Correo de la Unesco: México. Martínez Miguéles, M. (2015). Homepage. Retrieved from http://prof.usb.ve/miguelm/articulos.html Scientific magazine. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/

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Education is a human right, it brings freedom and opportunity. Find Open Courses and a world of learning granted by AIU at courses.aiu.edu

The Jamie Oliver Food Founda-tion was founded in 2002. It runs

different education programmes, in schools, communities and with young people across the UK. One of them is the Jamie Oliver’s Kitchen Garden Project which empowers primary school teachers to integrate growing and cooking into the school day. By teaching children about food, where it comes from, how to cook it and how it affects their bodies, the resources and recipes equip children with the knowl-edge and confidence to cook from scratch, as well as forming positive eating habits that will last a lifetime.

Teaching children about food is important because:• Children who learn to cook are more

likely to make better food choices

and understand healthy eating.• Food education is, without doubt,

one of life’s most important skills –just as valuable as reading, writing and maths.

• Children who plant and nurture their own fruits and vegetables are far more likely to eat them.

Learn more here: www.jamieoliverfoodfounda-tion.org.uk and here: www.jamieoliverfoodfoun-dation.org

Kitchen garden project

Never alone

never Alone (by Kisima Ingitc-huna) is the first game developed

in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska native people. nearly 40 Alaska native elders, storytellers and com-munity members contributed to the de-velopment of the game. Play as a young Iñupiat girl and an arctic fox as they set out to find the source of the eternal blizzard which threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Guide both characters in single-player mode or play cooperatively with a friend or family member as you trek

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Kite is being designed to block mos-quitoes from detecting and biting

humans with a goal of reducing human suffering from malaria, dengue, West nile virus, and other mosquito-borne diseases. Kite technology is based on breakthrough research at the University of California Riverside (UCR), featured in the scientific journal Nature, demon-strating that scientists could manipulate mosquitoes’ ability to detect CO2 and find human hosts. ieCrowd acquired the technology in 2010.

Mosquito-borne diseases are a major global health issue. Over 3.4 billion people (half the world’s population) live in regions where there is risk of contracting malaria. Over 200 mil-lion people get malaria each year and one child dies every minute from the disease. Other serious mosquito-borne

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Because of the potential to reduce deaths and human suffering worldwide ieCrowd and OLI have focused initial commercialization on future mosquito control products. However, any insect that seeks blood as part of its life cycle is capable of, or depends on, the ability to detect CO2.

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For almost five decades, scientists have theorized that a significant par-

ticle may exist beyond the realms of our current knowledge of subatomic physics, but proving this has been difficult.

This is no longer the case, as scien-tists now say that they have found the much sought-after pentaquark, first predicted to exist in the 1960s. After

50 years of searching, the particle has turned up at the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

Most significantly of all, the discov-ery indicates that there may be a new type of matter –albeit one that lives for one billion trillion trillionth of a second before it decays.

The pentaquark is made of five quarks –which are the smallest par-ticles that we know to exist. In differ-ent combinations they produce larger particles. For example, groups of three quarks are known as baryons, which include things like protons.

Last year, scientists at CERn an-nounced that they had found the first four-quark particle, a tetraquark, named z(4430). This latest discovery eclipses that one.Read more: www.iflscience.com/physics/new-particle-

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Digging through electronic refuse and found metal in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, Cyrus Kabiru refashions

found materials into different wearable forms.

“[My greatest achievement] today is to give a better quality, kill the cost, [and] try to give some, perhaps, ac-ceptable idea to the most people –which is the definition of what I call “democratic design”. And now the democratic ecology and the demo-cratic architecture, which I see.” –Philippe Stark to Wallpaper* Magazine

Designer Philippe Starck —with no pretty slides to show— spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question “Why design?” Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not.

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“The gut-brain axis is the collec-tive communication pathway

between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain,” explains John Cryan, a pro-fessor of anatomy and neuroscience at University College Cork in Ireland.

Some of the information travels along the vagus nerve, which extends from our guts to our brains. Cryan says the idea that the two regions are so in-terconnected should not be a surprise.

“Think of phrases in our everyday language,” Cryan says. We have “gut instincts” and “gut feelings,” he notes.

“We refer to butterflies in our tummy if we’re feeling a bit anxious. So we portray a raft of human emo-tions directly in our gut,” he says.

A few years back, Cryan and his colleagues published the findings of a simple experiment. They took a strain of lactobacillus –known as Lactobacil-lus rhamnosus– that’s one of the most commonly used probiotics.

They fed it to one group of mice ev-ery day for a month, and they looked to see if the rodents’ behavior changed. The results, Cryan says, were striking.

“What we found was that the ani-mals that were fed the lactobacillus –compared to those that were just fed a regular broth– were a lot less anxious. And they behaved almost as if they were on Valium or Prozac”.Read the full note: www.npr.org/sections/the-salt/2015/07/14/422623067/prozac-in-the-yogurt-aisle-can-good-bacteria-chill-us-out

Some researchers decided to quan-tify just how much a tree on a

street could improve health. They col-lected the health records of 31,000 adult residents of Toronto, Canada, which included cardio-metabolic conditions, household income, years of educa-tion and their perception of their own health. Researchers combined this data with satellite imagery and public data on half a million trees in Toronto.

The study, published in Scien-tific Reports, found that planting 10 or more trees in a city block, on average, increased how someone rated their health and decreased cardio-metabolic conditions. These improvements in health were comparable to an “increase in annual income of $10,000, moving to a neighborhood with $10,000 higher median income or being seven years younger,” according to the study.Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/09/scientists-have-discovered-that-living-near-trees-is-good-for-your-health/

Could the benefits of “good bacteria” extend beyond our guts to our brains?

Pranayama is an ancient practice concerned with breath control.

Research has shown that practicing Pranayama can relieve symptoms of asthma and it is beneficial in treating depression and anxiety.1. Breathe in deeply through your nostrils. First, feel the diaphragm move down, allowing the lungs to expand and forcing the abdomen out; then feel your chest expand with your collar bones rising last.2. Breath out quickly through your nostrils. Feel the collar bones drop-ping, chest deflating, and abdomen shrinking as the lungs collapse. This process of exhaling should be much faster than the process of inhaling.3. Repeat the process. When correctly done, your chest will expand when you breathe in and deflate when you breathe out. Do this for 5 minutes.4. With practice, speed up your breathing. Beginners should always start slowly to avoid hyperventilat-ing, but over time, it will be possible to achieve a rapid breathing technique.

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A bridge that repurposes abandoned viaducts, produces energy and

looks futuristically sleek: Italy’s Wind Turbine Viaduct called “Solar Wind.”

Southern Italy is dotted with unused viaducts, and rather than spending $50 million to tear them down, town officials near Calabria held a competi-tion open to designers and engineers asking them to come up with an envi-ronmentally conscious way to re-use the existing structures.

Solar Wind, conceived by Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Lu-isa Saracino, uses the space between the viaduct to install 26 wind turbines, which would produce 36 million

Solar WindWind turbine bridge transforms Italian viaduct into green space

Bolivia boasts the world’s longest cable car system

to come. La Paz aims for the Tele-férico to be the city’s primary mode of transportation, with a capacity of 18,000 passengers an hour.

There are currently 10 stations along the three lines, each offering a serene atmosphere. Cars depart every 12 seconds and the network is open 17 hours a day. The name of each station is illustrated in both Spanish and Ay-mara, proudly celebrating the region’s native language. Learn more: inhabitat.com/

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kilowatt hours of electricity per year!Additionally, the roadway across

the bridge would be densely lined with solar cells coated in clear plastic, producing another 11.2 million kilowatt hours. The entire viaduct itself would be turned into a promenade and park. Drivers may pull off to take in gor-geous coastal views, solar powered greenhouses would be installed along the bridge, creating an ultra-fresh farmer’s market.

Read more: inhabitat.com/solar-wind-turbine-bridge-repurposes-viaduct-for-public-space/

La Paz’s Mi Teleférico (My Cable Car) only opened a year ago, but it has

already improved the lives of thousands of people living in the densely populat-ed Bolivian city. This high-flying mode of public transportation, which gets some of its power from solar, mind you, is stealth but silent, produces no pollu-tion, and happens to provide excellent views of the city and Andes Mountains. The world’s longest air tram system connects the less affluent district of El Alto (at 3,620 ft high) with the well-off neighborhoods of La Paz.

It’s hard to grasp how huge and busy the Bolivian city is until you see it from above. Measuring 6.2 miles long, the cable car system currently has three lines, and there are six more

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Adopting a pet is a big responsibility, and it will often change the life of the person adopt-

ing the pet. It will also, however, absolutely change the life of the pet being adopted as well. These pictures show you how much difference a single day can make in the life of a pet that has finally been adopted.

It may take a while for some of these pets to get back to proper nutrition, but the change in many of them is psychological, not physical. The look that ap-pears on their face once they’ve realized that they’re going to live in a new forever home is one that prob-ably hasn’t crossed their face in a very long time.

needless to say, if you’re thinking about getting a pet, please consider the pros and cons of adoption, too! Source: www.boredpanda.com

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Spread the warmth

When infants are born prematurely, they lack the body fat necessary to regulate their own

temperature. So room temperature can feel freez-ing cold. In the developed world, these babies are typically placed in an incubator until they’re able to make it on their own. But parents and health care workers caring for hypothermic infants in develop-ing countries are left with few options. Existing solu-tions –incubators, radiant warmers, thermocol boxes, hot coals, hot water bottles, light bulbs– are inacces-sible, ineffective, or even dangerous.

The Embrace warmer is...Inexpensive: Less than 1% of the cost of a standard

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Embrace warmer’s primary goal is to help save the lives of low birth weight and prema-ture infants, because every woman and child deserve an equal chance for a healthy life.

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tive is to help students develop a broad foundation in fundamental engineering principles and liberal arts together with the depth of disciplin-ary knowledge needed to succeed in a career in mechanical engineer-ing or related field including a wide variety of advanced technological and management careers. The Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BS) program is offered online via distance learn-ing. After evaluating both academic record and life experience, AIU staff working in conjunction with Faculty and Academic Advisors will assist students in setting up a custom-made program, designed on an individual basis. This flexibility to meet student needs is seldom found in other dis-tance learning programs. Our online

program does not require all students to take the same subjects/courses, use the same books, or learning materials. Instead, the online Bachelor of Me-chanical Engineering (BS) curriculum is designed individually by the student and academic advisor. It specifically addresses strengths and weaknesses with respect to market opportunities in the student’s major and intended field of work. Understanding that industry and geographic factors should influ-ence the content of the curriculum instead of a standardized one-fits-all design is the hallmark of AIU’s unique approach to adult education. This philosophy addresses the dynamic and constantly changing environment of working professionals by helping adult students in reaching their professional and personal goals within the scope of the degree program.

IMPORTANT: Below is an example of the topics or areas you may develop and work on during your studies. By no means is it a complete or required list as AIU programs do not follow a standardized curriculum. It is meant solely as a reference point and ex-ample. Want to learn more about the curriculum design at AIU? Go ahead and visit our website, especially the Course and Curriculum section:www.aiu.edu/CourseCurriculum.html

Core Courses and TopicsSafety EngineeringInternal Combustion EnginesAutomotive Heating, Ventilating and Air ConditioningFasteners and Bolted JointsPolymer Materials and ProcessesThermodynamicsEngineering Cost AnalysisMechanical Engineering GraphicsIntroduction to Engineering ProjectsMechanics of MaterialsManufacturing ProcessesFluid MechanicsKinematics & Dynamics of MachinesDesign of Machine ElementsComputer Aided EngineeringHeat TransferAutomated Manufacturing SystemsManufacturing Facilities DesignWorld Class ManufacturingRobotics ApplicationEngineering Projects Mechanical VibrationsFinite Element AnalysisMicromechanics of MaterialsFundamentals of Quality Systems

orientation CoursesCommunication & Investigation (Comprehensive Resume)Organization Theory (Portfolio)Experiential Learning (Autobiography)Academic Evaluation (Questionnaire) Fundament of Knowledge (Integration Chart) Fundamental Principles I (Philosophy of Education)Professional Evaluation (Self Evaluation Matrix) Development of Graduate Study (Guarantee of an Academic Degree)

Research ProjectBachelor Thesis Project MBM300 Thesis ProposalMBM302 Bachelor Thesis (5,000 words)

Publication. Each Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering graduate is encouraged to publish their research papers either online in the public do-main or through professional journals and periodicals worldwide.

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MISSIoN: To be a higher learning institu-tion concerned about generating cultural development alternatives likely to be sustained in order to lead to a more ef-ficient administration of the world village and its environment; exerting human and community rights through diversity with the ultimate goal of the satisfaction and evolution of the world.

VISIoN: The empowerment of the indi-vidual towards the convergence of the world through a sustainable educational design based on andragogy and omniology.

general Information. Atlantic International University offers distance learning degree programs for adult learners at the bachelors, masters, and doctoral level. With self paced program taken online, AIU lifts the obstacles that keep professional adults from completing their educational goals. Programs are available throughout a wide range of majors and areas of study. All of this with a philosophically holistic approach towards education fit-ting within the balance of your life and acknowledging the key role each individual can play in their community, country, and the world.

While national Accreditation is common for tra-ditional U.S. institutions of higher learning utiliz-ing standard teaching methods, every country has its own standards and accrediting organiza-tions. Accreditation is a voluntary process and does not guarantee a worthy education. Rather, it means an institution has submitted its courses, programs, budget, and educational objectives for review. AIU’s Distance Learning Programs are unique, non-traditional and not accredited by the U.S. Department of Education. This may be a determining factor for those individuals interested in pursuing certain disciplines requir-ing State licensing, (such as law, teaching, or medicine). It is recommended that you consider the importance of national Accreditation for your specific field or profession.

Although Atlantic International University’s individualized Distance Learning Degree Pro-grams, are distinct from traditional educational institutions, we are convinced of their value and acceptance worldwide. non-traditional programs are important because they recognize knowledge gained outside the classroom and incorporate a broader more comprehensive view of the learn-ing experience. Many great institutions are unac-credited. We invite you to compare our programs and philosophy with traditional classroom-based programs to determine which is best suited to your needs and budget.

AIU has chosen private accreditation through the Accrediting Commission International (ACI), obtained in 1999. ACI is not regulated or

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UnITED STATES SECRETARy OF EDUCATIOn. note: In the U.S., many licensing authorities re-quire accredited degrees as the basis for eligibility for licensing. In some cases, accredited colleges may not accept for transfer courses and degrees completed at unaccredited colleges, and some employers may require an accredited degree as a basis for eligibility for employment.

AIU is incorporated in the state of Hawaii. As a University based in the U.S., AIU meets all state and federal laws of the United States. There is no distinction between the programs offered through AIU and those of traditional campus based pro-grams with regards to the following: your degree, transcript and other graduation documents from AIU follow the same standard used by all U.S. col-leges and universities. AIU graduation documents can include an apostille and authentication from the U.S. Department of State to facilitate their use internationally. Authentication from the U.S. De-partment of State is a process that will ultimately bind a letter signed by the U.S. Secretary of State (permanently with a metal ring) to your gradua-tion documents.

If a student outside the U.S. wishes to carry out a particular procedure within a country’s Department of Education regarding their degree earned at AIU, such procedures are to be carried out independently by the student. AIU respects the unique rules and regula-tions of each country and does not intervene or influence the respective authorities. We recommend prospective students who intend to carry out such procedures outside the U.S. to verify in detail the steps and requirements needed in or-der to be fully informed.

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It is acknowledged that the act of learning is endogenous, (from within), rather than exog-enous. This fact is the underlying rationale for “Distance Learning”, in all of the programs of-fered by AIU. The combination of the underly-ing principles of student “self instruction”, (with guidance), collaborative development of curriculum unique to each student, and flexibility of time and place of study, provides the ideal learning environment to satisfy individual needs. AIU is an institution of experiential learning and nontraditional edu-cation at a distance. There are no classrooms and attendance is not required.

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The School of Business and Econom-ics allows aspiring and practicing professionals, managers, and entrepre-neurs in the private and public sectors to complete a self paced distance learning degree program of the highest academic standard.

The ultimate goal is to empower learners and help them take advantage of the enormous array of resources from the world environment in order to eliminate the current continuum of poverty and limitations.

Degree programs are designed for those students whose professional

The School of Social and Human Stud-ies is focused on to the development of studies which instill a core commitment to building a society based on social and economic justice and enhancing oppor-tunities for human well being.

The founding principles lie on the basic right of education as outlined in the Declaration of Human Rights. We instill in our students a sense of confidence and self reliance in their ability to access the vast opportunities available through information chan-nels, the world wide web, private, pub-lic, nonprofit, and nongovernmental

experience has been in business, marketing, administration, economics, finance and management.

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organizations in an ever expanding global community.

Degree programs are aimed towards those whose professional life has been related to social and human behavior, with the arts, or with cultural studies.

Areas of Study: Psychology, Inter-national Affairs, Sociology, Political Sciences, Architecture, Legal Stud-ies, Public Administration, Literature and languages, Art History, Ministry, African Studies, Middle Eastern Stud-ies, Asian Studies, European Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies.

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The School of Science and Engineering seeks to provide dynamic, integrated, and challenging degree programs designed for those whose experience is in industrial research, scientific pro-duction, engineering and the general sciences. Our system for research and education will keep us apace with the twenty-first century reach scientific advance in an environmentally and ecologically responsible manner to al-low for the sustainability of the human population. We will foster among our students a demand for ethical behavior, an appreciation for diversity, an un-derstanding of scientific investigation,

With access to a global catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 participating institutions, AIU students have secured excellent research tools for their study programs.

The AIU online library contains over 2 billion records and over 300 million bibliographic records that are increasing day by day. The sources spanning thou-sands of years and virtually all forms of human expression. There are files of all kinds, from antique inscribed stones to e-books, form wax engravings to MP3s, DVDs and websites. In addition to the archives, the library AIU Online offers electronic access to more than 149,000 e-books, dozens of databases and more than 13 million full-text articles with pictures included. Being able to access 60 databases and 2393 periodicals with more than 18 million items, guarantees the information required to perform the assigned research project. Users will find that many files are enriched with artistic creations on the covers, indexes, re-views, summaries and other information. The records usually have information attached from important libraries. The user can quickly assess the relevance of the information and decide if it is the right source.

knowledge of design innovation, a critical appreciation for the importance of technology and technological change for the advancement of humanity.

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AIU is striving to regain the significance of the concept of education, which is rooted into the Latin “educare”, meaning “to pull out”, breaking loose from the paradigm of most 21st century universities with their focus on “digging and placing information” into students’ heads rather than teaching them to think.

For AIU, the generation of “clones” that some tra-ditional universities are spreading throughout the real world is one of the most salient reasons for today’s ills. In fact, students trained at those educational institu-tions never feel a desire to “change the world” or the current status quo; instead, they adjust to the environ-ment, believe everything is fine, and are proud of it all.

IN A woRLD where knowledge and mostly informa-tion expire just like milk, we must reinvent university as a whole in which each student, as the key player, is UnIQUE within an intertwined environment.

This century’s university must generate new knowledge bits although this may entail its separation from both the administrative bureaucracy and the faculty that evolve there as well.

AIU thinks that a university should be increasingly integrated into the “real world”, society, the economy, and the holistic human being. As such, it should con-centrate on its ultimate goal, which is the student, and get him/her deeply immersed into a daily praxis of paradigm shifts, along with the Internet and research, all these being presently accessible only to a small minority of the world community.

AIU students must accomplish their self-learning mission while conceptualizing it as the core of daily life values through the type of experiences that lead

to a human being’s progress when information is con-verted into education.

The entire AIU family must think of the university as a setting that values diversity and talent in a way that trains mankind not only for the present but above all for a future that calls everyday for professionals who empower themselves in academic and profes-sional areas highly in demand in our modern society.

We shall not forget that, at AIU, students are responsible for discovering their own talents and po-tential, which they must auto-develop in such a way that the whole finish product opens up as a flower that blossoms every year more openly.

THE AIU STANCE is against the idea of the cam-pus as a getaway from day-to-day pressure since we believe reality is the best potential-enhancer ever; one truly learns through thinking, brainstorming ideas, which leads to new solutions, and ultimately the rebirth of a human being fully integrated in a sustain-able world environment. Self-learning is actualized more from within than a top-down vantage point, that is to say, to influence instead of requesting, ideas more than power. We need to create a society where solidar-ity, culture, life, not political or economic rationalism and more than techno structures, are prioritized. In short, the characteristics of AIU students and alumni remain independence, creativity, self-confidence, and ability to take risk towards new endeavors. This is about people’s worth based not on what they know but on what they do with what they know.

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AIU offers educational opportunities in the USA to adults from around the world so that they can use their own potential to manage their personal, global cultural development. The foundational axis of our philosophy lies upon self-actualized knowledge and information, with no room for obsoleteness, which is embedded into a DISTAnCE LEARnInG SySTEM based on AnDRA-GOGy and OMnIOLOGy. The ultimate goal of this paradigm is to empower learners and help them take advantage of the enormous array of resources from the world environment in order to eliminate the current continuum of poverty and limitations.

This will become a crude reality with respect for, and practice of, human and community rights through experiences, investigations, practicum work, and/or examinations. Everything takes place in a setting that fosters diversity; with advisors and consultants with doctorate degrees and specializations in Human Development monitor learning processes, in addition to a worldwide web of colleagues and associations, so that they can reach the satisfaction and the progress of humanity with peace and harmony.

Contact us to get startednow, it’s possible to earn your degree in the comfort of your own home. For additional information or to see if you qualify for admissions please contact us.

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